Parent Resources
FUNDING for therapy:
https://www.imagineaway.org/page/apply For children diagnosed with Autism without Medicaid.
https://www.uhccf.org/apply-for-a-grant/apply-now/ For children under age 16 with a commercial insurer as primary. Low income scholarship.
Strategies for improving your child’s speech & language skills:
Language stimulation techniques by Bellflower Speech, Language & Literacy
Modeling, Expansion, Parallel Talk - What does that look like? (Video)
Articulation Treatment Hierarchy by Mommy Speech Therapy
Using Cups to Grow Language (Video) - Hillary Guest, CCC-SLP
Emotion Check In worksheet - Hillary Guest, CCC-SLP
Emotion Conversation Cards - Hillary Guest, CCC-SLP
Anything by Laura Mize https://www.youtube.com/c/teachmetotalk
Complete guide to speech, language, and feeding milestones:
Quick Communication Board:
Age of acquisition for all consonant sounds:
Using books to grow language:
Autism screening (M-chat-R):
Textbooks worth checking out:
Beyond Baby Talk by Kenn Apel and Julie Masterson - Amazon link
Super Baby Food: Your Complete Guide to What, When, and How to Feed Your Baby and Toddler by Ruth Yaron - Amazon link
Helping Your Child With Extreme Picky Eating by Katja Rowell and Jenny McGlothlin - Amazon link
Lively Letters™ literacy program:
Reading with TLC Changing Lives One Letter at a Time - reading program created by Nancy Nancy Telian, MS, CCC-SLP